#il sergente klems

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Peter Strauss as Sergeant Otto Josef Klems and Tina Aumont as Leila, Abd el-Krim’s daughter in Sergio Grieco’s film “Il Sergente Klems”, 1971.

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Peter Strauss as Sergeant Otto Josef Klems and Tina Aumont as Leila, Abd el-Krim's daughter in Sergio Grieco's film "Il Sergente Klems", 1971.

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Il Sergente Klems

English title: A Man of Legend German title: Der Teufel pfeift kein Wiegenlied Not many men have the survival instincts of Sergeant Klems, played by Emmy Award winner Peter Strauss. Strauss' Klems, is a WWI era German soldier, who escapes being wrongly executed as a spy by escaping to his enemies and joining the French Foreign Legion. Soon however, he finds his precarious position in danger again, and has to make new allies in Arab nomads to stay alive. Sergeant Klems is actually based on the real events and exploits of Legionnaire Josef Otto Klems who actually deserted the Foreign Legion and joined the Rif rebels in Morocco. He became one of the key advisers to Abd El-Krim’s forces and was “most wanted” by the French. Accounts differ on who Klems actually was, his rank in the Foreign Legion, his role in the Riffian rebellion and even his capture and subsequent demise in captivity. In Foreign Legion fiction there are plenty of Sergeant Klems’–men who defect to the tribesmen for gold, revenge, or because they were rescued in their attempt to escape their service to the Legion. Peter Strauss as Otto Klems Tina aumont as Abd El-Krim daughter

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